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MACHINE FOR ENCA SING POCKET PORTRAITS. No. 178,'706. I Patented June13,1876.

N. PETERS, PNOTO-LITHDGRAPHER; WASHINGTON, D. C.

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J. MACHINE FOR ENCA POGKET PORTRAITS. No. 178,706. Patented .Tune 13, 1876.

JAMES'R. APPLEGATE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANA.

IMPROVEMENT l N MACH INES FOR INCASING POCKET-PRTRAITS.

Spocification forming part of LettersPatent No. 178,'706, dated June 13, 1876; application filed April 28 1876.

- To all whom it may conce'n:

and areincased in appropriate cases, and are laid successively in a contiguous die, the border edge of the cases being turned over upon the edges of the plates by the action of said die, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improved machine. Fig. 2, Sheet No. 2,s a front elevation -of the same. Fig. 3, Sheet No. 3, is a vertical section at the line x :r of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of a case, M, ready for the recep'tion of the plate.v

Fig. 5 is a face view of the plate J in its case M. Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the scalingdies.

Like letters of reference in all the figures indicate the same parts. v

A is the bed-plate of the machine, and B the frame connected therewith, which is provided with vertical reciprocating mandrels G and G', which work in bearings D D and D' D', respectively. Connected with the lower end of the mandrel G is the circular cutter E, and bene-ath said cutter the die G, of the size required for the plates; and connected with the lower end of the mandrel G' is the male die H, for turning over the edge co of the case M, as seen in Fg. 5, on theplate J. Beneath the die H is the female die H On the mandrel C, between the upper bearing D and the annular lip a of the mandrel, is the spiral spring K, for returning the mandrel to its upper position for elevating the cutter E above the die Gr; and on the mandrel C' is a spiral spring, K', between the upper bearing D' and the annular bearing a' of the mandrel, for returning the latter to its upper position, to remove the male die El above the female die H'. In a suitable slot, d, in the mandrel C, is placed the lever L, for Operating the nandrel, the lever moving on the fulcrum-pin e, which projects from the front side of the frame B; A like lever, L', for Operating the mandrel G', is placed in the slot d of the mandrel, the lever working on the fulcrum-pin e'. The dies Gr and H' are held in' their adjusted positions in their grooved seats f and f', respectively, by means of the screw-bolts g, and are thereby rem ovable and attachable at pleasure.

The operation is as follows; The sheetsiof metal or other suitable material having one or more pictures are in succession laid upon the female die Gr, and the pictures, being arranged successively in position, are punch'ed from the sheets in proper size and form for sealing in their cases by means of the circular cutter E, connected with the lower side of the mandrel C by the operation of the lever L. As the picture-plates are cut they fall into a suitable receptacle under the die G. They are taken directly from the receptacle, and, as the cases M are laid in succession in the female die H,

they are in like manner laid therein, and the edges of the cases turned over on the edges of the plates, as seen in Fig. 3, by the downward stroke of the mandrel 0', given by means of the lever L', a single stroke of the lever connectin g or scaling the two edges together.

The dies H and H are provided with springplates h and h',respective1y, which yield to the force of the stamping operation. Hence, it will readily be seen that the whole operation of cutting the picture-plates to the requisite size and form, and connecting them with their cases, is Very simple.

By having the cuttin g and stamping devices combined in a single machine' Simplicity of construction' is attained, and the machine so constructed takes up only half the spacetwhich Would be required for separate machines for the cutting and stamping process. v

If desired, the levers L and L', instead of being placed at the sides of the machine as represented, may be placed in front,

I am aware that there are punching devices' essentially the same as shown in the drawings 'for cutting metal sheets into a variety of forms;

but I do not claim such device, but 'its joint use with the sealin g device, whereby the whole operation of cutting the 'pictures from the sheets and scaling them in 'their frames is yieiding central plate, h, of the lower die H, having au annular groove 'ormed at its outer edge, and' provided with a yielding central plate, h', substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The conhiation, With the slotted mandrel G', spring K', and `lever L', of the dies H H', each of which is provided with yielding plates, substantially'as and for the purpose described.

JAMES R. APPLEGATE. Witnesses:

STEPHEN USTICK, THOMAS J. BEWLEY. 

